Pinnacle vs Heyday - What's the difference?
pinnacle | heyday |
The highest point.
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
* Milton
to put something on a pinnacle
to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
A lively greeting.
* 1798 :"Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together." Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
(obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
* 1600 :"Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c." Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels
As nouns the difference between pinnacle and heyday
is that pinnacle is the highest point while heyday is a period of success, popularity, or power; prime.As a verb pinnacle
is to put something on a pinnacle.As an interjection heyday is
a lively greeting.pinnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
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* nadirSee also
* acme * apex * peak * summitVerb
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.